Leadership
Meet the Team
Carrie Scrimshire | Executive Director
Carrie Scrimshire is the Executive Director of Gilead House in Novato, a fundamental program to inspire hope and empower homeless single moms and their children toward financial stability and independence. Carrie’s professional goal is to take Gilead House to the next level in the housing of families, both in increasing the number of locations and furthering education. She is an avid learner and believes every single person benefits by education and continuous learning.
Personally, Carrie loves to cook. Her passion is expanding her knowledge of healthy, fusion-style cooking with multi-cultural dishes such as French, Mexican, Spanish, Thai, Peruvian, Greek, and Indian. No challenge is too difficult for her. She also loves animals. Saint Francis is her favorite saint because he looks out for and protects animals. One of her long-term goals is to design an animal sanctuary where abused and neglected animals can live out their days in a loving peaceful environment. A random fun fact about Carrie is she flew a small plane over two Hawaiian islands (Maui and Lanai) with no flight experience whatsoever.
She loves people, laughter, hard work and has a great sense of humor. Her personality is magnetic and she always finds the good in everyone.
Jenny Craig | Executive Assistant
Jenny Craig is the mom to 2 amazing sons. Jenny is local to Novato, a graduate of Novato High and College of Marin. She has also competed 200 hours of Yoga teaching at Red Dragon Yoga studio. Jenny believes her unique balance of education has helped her get through life.
Jenny loves to create, anything from organic cooking to sewing a new top to fixing the plumbing at Gilead House. Almost every weekend you will find Jenny and her sons enjoying the great outdoors, whether it is a bike ride, hiking, gardening, or coming up with a new organic juice or smoothie recipe.
Jenny strives to help single moms, her passion clearly aligns with the Gilead House mission. Jenny’s favorite quote is:
You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
-- C.S. Lewis
Board of Directors
Tracy Hoffman | President
Tracy brings over 35 years of expertise from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors drawing from roles in global product and project management leadership, business development, cross-franchise marketing and leadership training. As a long-time leader and advocate for corporate engagement and mentoring initiatives, Tracy also led the development efforts for a nonprofit education program that successfully recruited and matched STEM leaders virtually throughout the Bay Area alongside 9th grade students struggling in Alegbra.
Tracy is also actively engaged with Guide Dogs for the Blind for which she socializes puppies and alongside her husband, David Grubb Jr., and their four daughters, are custodial parents for breeder Golden Retriever, Missouri. Tracy is also a docent with San Francisco City Guides leading talks on Victorian architecture throughout some of the City's most architecturally colorful neighborhoods.
Her journey toward nonprofit work was inspired by her passion to engage and build sustainable corporate, foundation, and individual partnerships essential in a thriving community with opportunities for all.
In her spare time, Tracy studies healing harp in San Francisco, cheering on her beloved Patriots and Red Sox and spending relaxing time at a local community organic garden plot she tends alongside her husband.
Paul Breimayer | Treasurer
Paul brings over 30 years of experience as a Certified Public Accountant and Chief Financial
Officer beginning with 10 years as an auditor with the international accounting firm, KPMG. This was followed by various management-level finance positions in companies both large and small as well as experience in small business consulting. Paul is still active as the CFO of a San Francisco-based mortgage bank and is a board member of 2 other Marin-based charitable organizations.
In his spare time, Paul enjoys triathlons, mountain biking, and trail running. He and his wife have lived in Novato for over 25 years.
Clark Blasell
Clark has been President and CEO of SALT since 1978. Clark assists the Board of Directors in the development of policies that determine which affordable housing projects to facilitate. A founder of NFH, Clark has more than 30 years of private and public real estate experience. Clark is also the founder, President and CEO of Suburban Alternatives Land Trust (SALT) and has been a member of the Marin Economic Commission since 2001, representing the North Bay Council..
Wendy Day
Born and raised in the East Bay, Wendy is a proud mother to two beautiful adult children and a passionate life coach under her brand Wendy Day Coaching. She studied business at Diablo Valley College, along with Creative Writing, and worked in the restaurant industry for many years. Wendy has over 20 years of experience working with individuals and groups empowering them to reach their goals and create the lives they want. As a motivational and team leader with Weight Watchers International, she supported thousands of women in losing weight and transforming their lives. She has recently completed several certifications for life coaching under the Robbins-Madanes trainings.
Wendy loves to help people, especially women, look and feel great, as well as to live the lives they truly want. She strives to be the living embodiment of what she teaches people: to live healthy, fulfilling lives with courage, confidence, love and resolve. She has a passion for fashion, and as a fashion coach, has helped many women clean out their closets and re-invent themselves from the inside out. Wendy’s mission in life to serve purpose-driven individuals and organizations to thrive in style (and with love) is what brought her to Gilead House to work with the amazing women there.